GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown: Aug. 26, 1935

¶Queen
Victoria's only remarks to a phonograph were discovered on a squeaky
old Edison cylinder last week, found to be singularly up-to-date and
topical. The record, made at Her Majesty's command, voiced her goodwill
toward the then Emperor of Ethiopia, great empire-building Menelik.
Carried to his wild capital, a reproduction of the cylinder squeaked
Victoria's august words into his hairy ear, while the original lay
until last week in the archives of London's Edison-Bell Co.

¶King
George and Queen Mary enjoyed the Cowes Regatta without incident,
except that Her Majesty aboard...